File Logging  - Time separator character

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Section: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SolarWinds\Syslogd\Properties

 

Value (STRING): LogFileTimeSeparator

 

Default value:        ":" (colon)

Type:                Character, or string of characters

 

Normally the current time is represented in the HH:MM:SS format using a colon (:) as the separation character. You can change the separation character to any character you like. For example, some countries use a dot (.) as the time separator.

 

Be aware that changing the time separator may make the log files unreadable by some log file parsers and reporters. Reporting software may be looking for the colon (:) characters and may get confused when they are not present.

 

This setting applies only to the following formats:

•Kiwi format ISO yyyy-mm-dd (Tab delimited)
•Kiwi format ISO UTC yyyy-mm-dd (Tab delimited)

 

Example usage:

 

Normal Kiwi ISO log file format message:

 

2004-05-27 10:58:22 Kernel.Warning 192.168.0.1 kernel: This is a test message

 

Changing the time separator character to dot (.), the message would become:

 

2004-05-27 10.58.22 Kernel.Warning 192.168.0.1 kernel: This is a test message

 

 

See also, changing the date separator character

 

 

Running Kiwi Syslog Server on a native 64-bit machine?

 

 On 64-bit Windows installations, Kiwi Syslog Server runs in WOW (Windows on Windows) 32-bit

 emulated mode.  In WOW mode, the SolarWinds registry hive resides in:

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node, not in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software

 as it does on a native 32-bit Windows environment.

 

 If you are running Kiwi Syslog Server on a native 64-bit windows machine, please re-map all

 registry settings from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SolarWinds\... to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node\SolarWinds\...